The role of languages in the affective connections of bilingual families: A mother’s perspective
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The role of languages in the affective connections of bilingual families: A mother’s perspectiveAutoría
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Bort-Mir, Lorena; Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis AnglesosFecha de publicación
2020-06-04Editor
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Swain (1972) proposed that bilingualism is the new first language for those children who, when born, acquire two languages simultaneously, due to the fact that they are part of a bilingual family. At present, these ... [+]
Swain (1972) proposed that bilingualism is the new first language for those children who, when born, acquire two languages simultaneously, due to the fact that they are part of a bilingual family. At present, these types of families are very prevailing; consequently, the number of studies on this fact is on the rise. However, researchers usually focus their studies on the linguistic and social points of view. To a lesser extent, the psycholinguistic side of being part of a bilingual or multilingual family is also studied; it must also be mentioned, though, that most of these works have generally been done focusing on children's psycholinguistic development and not from the parents`point of view. This research analyzes the case of a mother who has two children (8 and 3 years old respectively). With her first kid, she spoke in Valencian, which is her mother tongue; with her second child, however, she spoke exclusively in English. After doing this, she began to feel something strange about the affective connection with her second child. This research investigates the possibility that this condition is due to the fact that the mother communicated with the child solely in English. Thus, this study tries to answer the following questions: How did the mother feel? Why did she feel that way? And, to what extent is language the cause? Two questionnaires were given to the mother in order to obtain data and understand the context. The results expose that the language with which she addressed her son affected her relationship to the point of causing emotional detachment. In addition to this, certain phenomena such as the emergence of a new role, the role of teacher, which added to her role as mother also contributed to emotional variations. Finally, it is also discovered that detachment arises when there is constant communication in the language other than L1, but the fact of using English occasionally does not contribute to creating an emotional detachment in the relationship of this Valencian-speaking mother with her son. [-]
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Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic: 2019/2020
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- Grau en Estudis Anglesos [352]
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